The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Twin Cities Area
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

